[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Benjmain Grant]

If I understand what you are suggesting, then it does not at all compute for
me.

The rules governing how far something goes when launched should be the same
whether car or the Flash.  The only important thing is speed (and maybe wind
resistance, if you're picky.)  Assuming a similar air drag, a speedster
travelling at 7500 mph should go about the same distance as a projectile
launched at the same speed - or possibly further than the projectile, if the
projectile is heavier or larger or both. 

How can anything else make sense?

-Benn Grant
eFix Computer Consulting
benn at 4eFix.com
603.283.6601


-----Original Message-----
From: torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com
[mailto:torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of Kansas Jim
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:11 PM
To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
Subject: Re: [Torg] Jumping in Torg

Benjmain Grant wrote:

> Interesting - so if we use the speed value minus 5 as the basis, than a
> flash style super-speedster character going say 7500 mph (his max speed)
> would be a speed value of around what, 23?  23-5=18, meaning a jump
distance
> of 4000 meters or about 13,125 feet (about 2.5 miles) long jumping.

I would hesitate to apply the same rules to a speedster. Even in the
comic books characters who can run at supersonic speeds don't usually
get superhuman long jumping ability to go with it. They probably do jump
farther than normal humans but nowhere near a couple of miles like your
example character. The superhero RPGs I'm familiar with don't give
speedsters anything special for their jumping distances either.

Off the top of my head, what I might do for speedsters and jumping would 
be to let them use the Power Push rather than the Speed Push chart but
still apply the normal human limit value to their jumps. So they'd have
a limit value of 3 like normal people but because of their enhanced
speed they can potentially take that up to a distance value of 9 (with
a max +6 power push result) instead of only a 5.

-- 
Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
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